Lindemans 2001 Pyrus SAMay05 will probably not be released until 2006. Now this is a seriously big old-fashioned wine, and I say that with as the greatest respect. Dark berries, liquorice, chocolate, mint and blueberry flavours finish with excellent length and persistence. A full-bodied wine well-backed by dusty, drying tannins; the complexity is well developed and will improve with time. A real long-term cellaring proposition, it needs time to soften and will be best approached in 2011 and beyond. Rated as Highly Recommended with *** for value, the rating should improve as the wine peaks at 12 to 15 years of age.